01 July 2020
Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "The College has called for COVID-19 test results to be updated on individual patient records in a timely manner so that GPs can take this into consideration delivering care to our patients."
01 July 2020
Responding to reports that some PPE supplied to GP practices and care homes has been recalled, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “GPs and our teams are at the frontline of tackling and managing the COVID-19 virus in the community, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. It is essential that they have access to appropriate and effective PPE equipment in order to keep themselves, their teams and their patients safe while delivering care.”
01 July 2020
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has announced Wesleyan as its exclusive financial advice provider.
30 June 2020
Responding to the Health and Sport Committee’s Report on the Supply and Demand for Medicines, which has been published today (30 June 2020) and concludes that the medicines system in Scotland ‘does not have a focus on patients’, Dr Carey Lunan, Chair of RCGP Scotland stated:
26 June 2020
The Royal College of General Practitioners believes that all forms of racism are abhorrent and must not be tolerated. The tragic death of George Floyd - adding to the disproportionate number of black people killed by police in the US - and the response and subsequent activism by the Black Lives Matter movement have made us all hold up a mirror to ourselves and recognise that we are all part of structural racism.
24 June 2020
Responding to a comment at yesterday’s COVID-19 press conference that patients were attending A&E because they couldn’t see a GP, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said:
22 June 2020
The College has issued the following statement, following tonight’s announcement by Health Secretary Matt Hancock that shielding restrictions for patients in England will start being lifted from Monday 6 July.
21 June 2020
The Royal College of GPs has reworked its learning materials - initially developed to help GP practices provide targeted support to military veterans returning from war zones and trying to adjust to civilian life – to create specific resources for family doctors helping their patients come to terms with the pandemic and its aftermath.
19 June 2020
Statistics out today which show a further drop in the number of GP practices is deeply alarming the Royal College of General Practitioners in Northern Ireland (RCGPNI) has said. The drop of another four practices, as a result of either closure or mergers, means NI is now served by 323 GP surgeries, which in 2014 stood at 350.
18 June 2020
Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for GPs and patients, but there are also lessons to be learnt from how we have changed the way we work in general practice.